Canceled my original order of 08/07/08, when I saw that the T9600 had become available again. Same configuration, just with the faster proc, which with the price drop, ended up being exactly the same price as the original order. Reordered on 08/12. Estimated Ship Date: 08/26/08

Edit: Received shipment confirmation today, Last log from UPS was an Export Scan in Guangzhou with two packages scheduled for delivery on 9/9/08.

Edit: From Guanzhou to Anchorage to Louisville took 2 days, another day to clear customs in Louisville, and a 1.5 hour trip from there to the UPS hub here where it was scanned yesterday afternoon. While I was hoping they would try to beat their estimate and put on a truck for delivery today, it didn't happen. Maybe it will still show up a day early on Monday. Should have specified 2 day shipping.

Edit: Posted too soon! Delivered at 9:38 this morning! Now I will happily eat my words... Way to go UPS!

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UPDATE: Ordered on 9-11 with shipping date of 9-24 but shipped 9-15, early. Would have been here today on the 16th but Lenovo did not fill out some papers and it is stuck in Louisville at the big UPS terminal. It seems as many laptops as Lenovo ships via UPS, they could do better. Anyway UPS is telling me they do this all the time and that is will arrive in Jacksonville on 9-17 without fail.

Could not go back to XP Pro so gave my W500 to my VP and ordered me a W500 directly from Lenovo.

I'm trying to get my brother hooked up with my used T61p for AutoCAT LT use in a hurry (to replace seriously ailing T30), but I must admit I'm a little wary that my inbound W700 (on order for months) has a serial# ending in 00s followed by a number under 24, which could indicate it's one of the very first 2 dozen made. I sure hope it doesn't have early manufacture flaws, we'll see! Also hoping it can be upgraded to WiMAX at a later date with installing new antennas, but not a near-term priority.

As expected, first impression is that it's large. All looks good, no suprises, BIOS looks very much like T61p. I added a Crucial 4GB SODIMM thru dedicated memory access panel on the bottom, and BIOS says it finds 6GB total, as expected. Cloning/backing up factory preload hard drive image now, before I do anything else...

As expected, first impression is that it's large. All looks good, no suprises, BIOS looks very much like T61p. I added a Crucial 4GB SODIMM thru dedicated memory access panel on the bottom, and BIOS says it finds 6GB total, as expected. Cloning/backing up factory preload hard drive image now, before I do anything else...